AMU appoints Shabana Hameed chairperson of linguistics department

NEW DELHI: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has appointed Shabana Hameed as the chairperson at AMU department of linguistics effective from February 11, 2025, to July 1, 2027. Hameed has completed her MPhil and PhD from AMU and has been working as a faculty member since 1995.

Her primary research is focused on Columbia School Phonology, and she specialises in historical linguistics, phonetics, Columbia School Theory, and language teaching.

Shabana Hameed has been contributing to the linguistics field and has presented research papers at both international and national seminars in India and abroad.

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AMU chairperson of linguistics department

"Her work has been published in esteemed journals, including the South Asian Language Review, New Delhi; John Benjamin’s, Amsterdam/Philadelphia; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK; Language in India, USA; LINCOM, Germany; and the Aligarh Journal of Linguistics," the AMU statement said.

Additionally, she has also participated in various workshops organized by the institutions such as the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) Mysore, and AMU’s department of linguistics and women’s college. She has also served as a resource person at various academic workshops by delivering lectures.